{"id":412106,"date":"2026-01-17T02:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412106\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:56:10","slug":"wild-place-leading-goal-scorer-matt-boldy-on-injured-reserve-will-miss-at-least-4-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412106\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild place leading goal scorer Matt Boldy on injured reserve, will miss at least 4 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Matt Boldy #12 of the Minnesota Wild looks on during the first period against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on March 04, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2203647675-scaled-e1757446050472-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Boldy is tied for third in the NHL with 27 goals. Steph Chambers \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 With the Wild having lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time in six weeks and having lost five of their past six games (1-3-2), the besieged team will now open a three-game road trip without leading goal scorer Matt Boldy.<\/p>\n<p>Boldy, who is tied for third in the NHL with 27 goals, was placed on injured reserve Friday with a lower-body injury, the team announced. That means Boldy will have to miss at least the team\u2019s upcoming three-game trip to Buffalo (which has won 15 of 17 games), Toronto and Montreal. Boldy will also be forced to miss the team\u2019s first game back home against the Detroit Red Wings next Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Boldy logged more than 19 minutes in Thursday\u2019s 6-2 loss to Winnipeg and assisted on Marcus Johansson\u2019s goal with 2:42 left, so it\u2019s unclear when he got injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild also placed Joel Eriksson Ek on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. It\u2019s retroactive to last Thursday, so he can come off anytime he\u2019s ready to return. Long considered the Wild\u2019s most irreplaceable player, Eriksson Ek has missed three games and the team is 0-2-1 in his absence.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6974040\/2026\/01\/15\/jonas-brodin-injury-wild-sweden-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> one day after the team announced that shutdown defenseman Jonas Brodin<\/a> is week to week with a lower-body injury, an ailment that could potentially cost him a chance to represent Sweden in the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Boldy (United States) and Eriksson Ek (Sweden) should be OK in time for next month\u2019s Winter Games, a team source says.<\/p>\n<p>Defenseman Zach Bogosian also remains on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. He has missed five games.<\/p>\n<p>None of the four players on IR traveled to Buffalo on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>With Eriksson Ek and Boldy injured, the Wild recalled forwards Hunter Haight and Nicolas Aube-Kubel and defenseman David Jiricek from AHL Iowa. Defenseman David Spacek remains on the roster and Carson Lambos was reassigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boldy is tied for third in the NHL with 27 goals. 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